DAVITA PCT EXAM | 2026/2027 | ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK
| COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS | 150 QUESTIONS
• Central venous catheter (CVC) care -✓✓ Teammates decrease the risk of infection by
wearing a facemask, washing hands, and wearing clean gloves.
• Sodium loading during dialysis -✓✓ Leads to an increase in thirst and larger fluid
weight gains between treatments and can contribute to post dialysis hypertension and
headaches.
• Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) -✓✓ Practicing meticulous infection control is
important because kidney failure weakens a person's immune system, making these
patients much more vulnerable to infections.
• Poor or incomplete documentation -✓✓ Can open an attack on your care.
• Saline bolus documentation -✓✓ The reason for administering the saline and the
patient response.
• Anaphylactic reaction intervention -✓✓ Stop the blood pump, discontinue the
treatment, do not return the blood.
• Patient stability for discharge -✓✓ Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment by
comparing data to pre-dialysis findings.
• Causes of renal failure -✓✓ Is important to inquire about possible problems during
data collection and assessment.
• Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome risk -✓✓ Patients who are skipping treatments.
• Hemolysis complication -✓✓ The hemodialysis treatment should be stopped without
returning the patient's blood.
• Kt/V reading -✓✓ Waiting only 5 seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and
drawing the post-treatment blood sample would cause the Kt/V reading to be falsely
high.
• Seizure during dialysis -✓✓ Discontinued if the seizure is severe or the patient does
not respond to treatment.
• Left side Trendelenburg position -✓✓ To be used for a patient who experienced an air
embolism.
, • K of the Kt/V formula -✓✓ Decreased by inadequate anticoagulation.
• Signs of air embolus -✓✓ Pain at the venous needle site, tingling around the lips, and
difficulty breathing.
• A disinfectant infusion -✓✓ A solution used to eliminate pathogens during dialysis.
• Impending cardiac arrest -✓✓ A critical condition where the heart is about to stop
functioning.
• Pre-dialysis patient assessment -✓✓ An evaluation performed by the nurse to ensure
patient safety before treatment.
• Unusual data collection findings -✓✓ Any abnormal results that the PCT must report to
the nurse before treatment initiation.
• AKI (Acute Kidney Injury) -✓✓ A condition where a pre-treatment nursing assessment
is always required.
• Intradialytic hypotension -✓✓ A common occurrence during hemodialysis that can lead
to impaired tissue perfusion and organ injury.
• BFR (Blood Flow Rate) -✓✓ The rate at which blood is circulated through the dialysis
machine, measured in mL/min.
• V-tags for CSM surveys -✓✓ Regulations that provide interpretive guidance and cite
deficiencies in patient care.
• Function of gloves in hand hygiene -✓✓ To reduce the risk of hand contamination and
prevent the transfer of organisms already on the hands.
• Order of the draw -✓✓ The sequence in which blood specimens should be collected to
avoid contamination.
• Social Worker notification -✓✓ The action to take if a patient's caretaker is struggling
with the treatment demands.
• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) -✓✓ A condition commonly caused by
hypertension.
• CKD-MBD (Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder) -✓✓ Leads to
abnormalities in Ca, PO4, PTH, and Vitamin D metabolism with soft tissue calcification
and bone disease.
| COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS | 150 QUESTIONS
• Central venous catheter (CVC) care -✓✓ Teammates decrease the risk of infection by
wearing a facemask, washing hands, and wearing clean gloves.
• Sodium loading during dialysis -✓✓ Leads to an increase in thirst and larger fluid
weight gains between treatments and can contribute to post dialysis hypertension and
headaches.
• Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) -✓✓ Practicing meticulous infection control is
important because kidney failure weakens a person's immune system, making these
patients much more vulnerable to infections.
• Poor or incomplete documentation -✓✓ Can open an attack on your care.
• Saline bolus documentation -✓✓ The reason for administering the saline and the
patient response.
• Anaphylactic reaction intervention -✓✓ Stop the blood pump, discontinue the
treatment, do not return the blood.
• Patient stability for discharge -✓✓ Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment by
comparing data to pre-dialysis findings.
• Causes of renal failure -✓✓ Is important to inquire about possible problems during
data collection and assessment.
• Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome risk -✓✓ Patients who are skipping treatments.
• Hemolysis complication -✓✓ The hemodialysis treatment should be stopped without
returning the patient's blood.
• Kt/V reading -✓✓ Waiting only 5 seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and
drawing the post-treatment blood sample would cause the Kt/V reading to be falsely
high.
• Seizure during dialysis -✓✓ Discontinued if the seizure is severe or the patient does
not respond to treatment.
• Left side Trendelenburg position -✓✓ To be used for a patient who experienced an air
embolism.
, • K of the Kt/V formula -✓✓ Decreased by inadequate anticoagulation.
• Signs of air embolus -✓✓ Pain at the venous needle site, tingling around the lips, and
difficulty breathing.
• A disinfectant infusion -✓✓ A solution used to eliminate pathogens during dialysis.
• Impending cardiac arrest -✓✓ A critical condition where the heart is about to stop
functioning.
• Pre-dialysis patient assessment -✓✓ An evaluation performed by the nurse to ensure
patient safety before treatment.
• Unusual data collection findings -✓✓ Any abnormal results that the PCT must report to
the nurse before treatment initiation.
• AKI (Acute Kidney Injury) -✓✓ A condition where a pre-treatment nursing assessment
is always required.
• Intradialytic hypotension -✓✓ A common occurrence during hemodialysis that can lead
to impaired tissue perfusion and organ injury.
• BFR (Blood Flow Rate) -✓✓ The rate at which blood is circulated through the dialysis
machine, measured in mL/min.
• V-tags for CSM surveys -✓✓ Regulations that provide interpretive guidance and cite
deficiencies in patient care.
• Function of gloves in hand hygiene -✓✓ To reduce the risk of hand contamination and
prevent the transfer of organisms already on the hands.
• Order of the draw -✓✓ The sequence in which blood specimens should be collected to
avoid contamination.
• Social Worker notification -✓✓ The action to take if a patient's caretaker is struggling
with the treatment demands.
• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) -✓✓ A condition commonly caused by
hypertension.
• CKD-MBD (Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder) -✓✓ Leads to
abnormalities in Ca, PO4, PTH, and Vitamin D metabolism with soft tissue calcification
and bone disease.
